Turn-page clamp



' 1,646,747 Och 1927' E. s. COSTA TURN PAGE CLAMP Filed Nov. 23. 1926 A TTORNE Y.

Patented E53, 1927.

TURN-PAGE CLAMP.

Application filed November 23, 1926. Serial No. 150,326.

This invention relates to devices for facilitating the turning of pages of music, and the invention has for an object the provision of novel means for providing finger grasps whereby leaves of music may be expeditiously turned; and the said invention has for a further object the provision of finger grasps which may be applied or attached to a sheet of music and positioned for convenience in nesting or carrying the music with the devices applied thereto, the said finger grasps being hinged in order that they may be made to project into con venient position for grasping them when they are to be used.

It'is a still further object of this invention to provide music turning devices of the character indicated which will be simple in construction and comparatively in expensive.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangemei'it and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of a fragment of a music sheet, showing devices embodying the invention applied thcreto Figure 2 illustrates a View of a fragment of a sheet showing a finger grasp in place;

Figure 3 illustrates an enlarged detail view thereof;

Figure 4; illustrates a perspective view of the device; and

Figure 5 ilh'istrates a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. l. i

As shown in Fig. 1, when a plurality of devices are applied to music sheets, they may be secured at different heights in order that they may be successively grasped and manipulated for turning the sheets, and in the present embodiment of the invention, the invention consists of a f time-like structure 6, preferably made of spring metal and of non-corrosive quality. The frame may be square or rectangular in plane and the material of which it is formed is shaped to form tongues 7 and 8 which extend within the field of the frame, and these tongues may terminate in loops or eyes, which results in a neat appearance and the absence of shoulders or obstructions which would interfere with their manipulation in applying them to or removing them from a sheet.

In securing the clip portion of the device to a spring, the tongues are displaced from the plane of the frame and thus a clearance is produced between the frame and the tongues which will permit the insertion of a sheet, and when pressure is removed from the clip, the tongues and frame will assume normal positions, and the frame will be frictionally retained on the sheet or page of music. One such page is indicated by the numeral 9 and it is to be understood that the leaf turning devices are each to be applied to a different sheet and in staggered relation to each other.

The finger grasp or element of the device in the present embodiment consists of a plate-like structure 10 with a cutaway portion 11, resulting in the formation of two arms 12 and 13 having their ends shaped tc form eyes 14 and 15, respectively, which re ceive portions of the frame 6. The element 10 is therefore oscillatably mounted on the frame and it may be moved to lie parallel with the frame, as when nested with relation to the sheet to which it is attached, or it may be swung outwardly at differentanglcs with respect to the sheet, where it will be in, position to be grasped when the sheet is to be turned.

Since the parts of the device may be constructed almost wholly by the usual stamping and bending process, the invention can be expeditiously and inexpensively manufactured, and it has proven cliicient and satisfactory in use.

I claim:

1. In a music turning device, a clip-like element comprising a frame, a tongue adapted to coact with the frame extending Within the area of the frame, and a finger grasp .pivotally connected to the frame, aid finger grasp having members with eyes in their ends to receive portions of the frame whereby the parts are pivotally connected together.

2. In a music turning device, a clip comprising a frame-like structure having tongues extending within the areaof the frame, said tongues terminating in eyes, and a finger grasp pivotally connected to the frame.

EUGENE S. COSTA. 

